Six months of lessons were put to the test on Friday March 18th when the Group held its first dance in the village hall. All passed with flying colours – in fact one experienced dancer said that she could not identify any obvious beginners!
Wendy and David, the teachers of the Group, opened the dance to villagers and others and 34 dancers arrived to enjoy the event. Ballroom and Latin dances were played throughout the evening so having sped round the floor with a quickstep, dancers could catch their breath with a rumba. Waltz and jive were particularly popular. A good time was had by all, one villager remarking that it was refreshing to attend a dance without having disco music blasting at you.
People gave generously to the Trust contributions box and we were able to announce at the end of the night that the whole dance lessons initiative had made £1000 for the fund. There was also a raffle for St Clare Hospice where Wendy and David’s teacher, Peter Sturt, had recently died. We are sure that he would have been proud to see many of his former pupils and those taught by former pupils dancing the night away.